Women Writers to Put Back on the Bookshelf

Margaret Oliphant

The Scottish writer whose comic heroine Miss Marjoribanks bucks 19th-century conventions.

• 14 mins

Women Writers to Put Back on the Bookshelf

Storm Jameson

A Yorkshire-born writer with a European outlook who campaigned for World War II refugees.

• 14 mins

Women Writers to Put Back on the Bookshelf

Yolande Mukagasana

Zoe Norridge describes translating the testimony of a Rwandan survivor.

• 14 mins

Home Sweet Home

Episode 1

Madeleine Bunting begins a new series examining the many dimensions of what we call home.

• 14 mins

Home Sweet Home

Episode 2

Writer Madeleine Bunting reflects on some astonishing instances of homesickness.

• 14 mins

Home Sweet Home

Episode 3

Madeleine Bunting reflects on the emotional fallout of not having a place to call home.

• 14 mins

Home Sweet Home

Episode 4

Madeleine Bunting considers the personal and political facets of a controversial concept.

• 14 mins

Home Sweet Home

Episode 5

In the final part of her series, Madeleine Bunting imagines the home of the future.

• 14 mins

Higher Thoughts and the Meaning of Welsh Mountains

Snowdonia

Jon Gower explores the five mountain ranges of Wales.

• 14 mins

Higher Thoughts and the Meaning of Welsh Mountains

The Black Mountains

Jon Gower explores the five mountain ranges of Wales.

• 14 mins

Higher Thoughts and the Meaning of Welsh Mountains

The Brecon Beacons

Jon Gower explores the five mountain ranges of Wales.

• 14 mins

Higher Thoughts and the Meaning of Welsh Mountains

Epynt

Jon Gower explores the five mountain ranges of Wales.

• 14 mins

Higher Thoughts and the Meaning of Welsh Mountains

The Preseli Mountains

Jon Gower explores the five mountain ranges of Wales.

• 14 mins

Paul Robeson in Five Songs

1. No More Auction Block

The life and struggle of Paul Robeson through song. Shana Redmond on No More Auction Block

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Paul Robeson in Five Songs

2. Ol' Man River

Susan Robeson tells how her grandfather transformed Ol' Man River into a song of defiance.

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Paul Robeson in Five Songs

3. The Canoe Song

Mathew Sweet unravels the complex threads of Paul Robeson's rendition of the Canoe Song.

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Paul Robeson in Five Songs

4. Zog Nit Keynmol

Tayo Aluko explores Paul Robeson's anguished 1949 Moscow performance of Zog Nit Keynmol.

• 14 mins

Paul Robeson in Five Songs

5. Joe Hill

Marybeth Hamilton on the two ghosts of Joe Hill and Paul Robeson and their linked fates.

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Paul Robeson in Five Songs: 1. No More Auction Block

Paul Robeson's life and struggle through song. Shana Redmond on No More Auction Block.

• 13 mins

Paul Robeson in Five Songs: 2. Ol' Man River

The life of Paul Robeson in songs. Granddaughter Susan Robeson on Ol' Man River.

• 13 mins

Paul Robeson in Five Songs: 3. The Canoe Song

Paul Robeson's life and struggle told through music. Matthew Sweet on the Canoe Song.

• 13 mins

Paul Robeson in Five Songs: 4. Zog Nit Keynmol

Paul Robeson's life and struggle through songs .Tayo Aluko on Robeson's Zog Nit Keynmol.

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Paul Robeson in Five Songs: 5. Joe Hill

Marybeth Hamilton on the ghosts of Joe Hill and Paul Robeson and their linked fates.

• 13 mins

'The Odd Woman', or celebrating five single females

The Spinster

Writer Rachel Cooke explores five versions of the single woman, starting with spinsters.

• 14 mins

'The Odd Woman', or celebrating five single females

Career Girls

Writer Rachel Cooke on the phenomenon of the single woman. In this essay, career girls.

• 14 mins

'The Odd Woman', or celebrating five single females

The Divorcee

Journalist and author Rachel Cooke examines the phenomenon of the single woman.

• 14 mins

'The Odd Woman', or celebrating five single females

Widows

Journalist and author Rachel Cooke examines the phenomenon of the single woman.

• 14 mins

'The Odd Woman', or celebrating five single females

Aunts

Writer Rachel Cooke considers five versions of single womanhood - in this essay, aunts.

• 14 mins

They Essay - Let Me Take You There 1

Writers on personal places of refuge in times of crisis 1.Alan Hollinghurst

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The Essay - Let Me Take You There - 2.Inua Ellams

Leading writers share the secrets of places of internal refuge in times of crisis

• 13 mins